Toy pistol.



G. A. BAILEY,

TOY PISTOL.

API LIGATION IILBD JUNE 17, 1912.

1,075,393! Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

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Attorneys COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH c0, WASHINGTON D c UNITED. STATE AENT@FFICE.

CHARLES A, BAILE E ROW-WEL CONNECTICUT.

'roY PISTOL.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. BAILEY, citizen of the United States,residing at Cromwell, in the county of Middlesex and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ToyPistols, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates especially to that class of toy pistols in whichthe explosivecaps or patches of fulminate are placed on a roll of tape,so that said caps may be successively brought into position with respectto the hammer by drawing the tape over the v anvil upon which saidhammer strikes when the trigger is operated.

The primary object of my present invention is to provide a toy-pistol ofthis general character which can be manufactured at comparatively smallcost, which is easily operated to explode the caps in succession, and inwhich the fulminate tape may be un wound and fed quickly andconveniently by hand, thereby dispensing with the use of automaticfeeding means for the purpose.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a constructionof toy-pistol in which the roll of fulminate-tape may be readily placedin the pistol and the outer end thereof passed over the anvil inposition to be fed by hand as the hammer is operated.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear,and what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is morespecifically set forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification:Figure 1 is a side view of a toy-pistol, constructed in accordance withmy invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view, a part of the near side of thepistol being broken away to show the rollchamber and feeding-passage forthe tape. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the pistol, the hammer and triggerbeing removed. Fig. 41 is a detail view of a part of one of the sectionsor halves of the pistol.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of thedrawings.

In carrying out my invention the pistol is made in two longitudinalsections or halves 5 and 6, as is customary in toy pistols of thisgeneral character, said sections or halves being held together by ascrew 7, and two or more rivets 8, in connection with the filling piece9 on one half of the barrel for centering the other half of said barrel.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Application filed June 1?, 1812.

Patented Oct. 1 1, 1913. Serial No. 704,205.

In the present instance a chamber 10 is formed directly in front of andbelow the anvil 11, the wall 12 in the rear of said chamber forming aguide for the fulminatetape, hereinafter referred to, being on a linewith the anvil. This chamber is adapted to receive the roll offulminate-tape 13, and the opening, as 14, leading into said chamber isat the lower end of the latter above the trigger-guard 15. As will beseen, the fulminate-tape is fed from the lower end of the chamber 10through the opening 14, up over the outer surface of the wall 12 andover the anvil, against which latter the hammer 16 of the pistolstrikes. The hammer 16 is operated by a trigger 17, through theintervention of the usual trigger mechanism (not shown).

In the present instance the vertical passage 18 through which the end ofthe roll of fulminate-tape passes up past the anvil is formed with oneside of the same left open so that in placing a roll in the chamber theend may be drawn out and passed laterally into said passage. To providefor this construction of the piston the lower part of the feedpassage isformed by an angular off-set 19 on the part 5 of the pistol (see Fig.4), while the upper part of said passage or anvil is formed conjointlyby the sections or halves 5 and 6, a lip 20 on the part 5 being oppositea recess 21 in the part or section 6, as shown in Fig. 3. The lip 20 isat the open side of the upper end of the feedpassage to hold thefulminate'tape in proper place upon the anvil, and it will be noted thatsaid lip is a slight distance above the upper end of the rear wall ofthe passage, see Fig. 1, so that the end portion of the tape may bepassed around said lip to the anvil.

It will be understood by reference to the drawing, particularly Fig. 2,that the roll of fulminate-tape is supported loosely in the chamber 10,and may be fed to bring the capssuccessively over the anvil by drawingupon the projecting end, above the anvil, or feeding it up from belowthe feed-passage 18, in which latter instance that part of the tape justbeyond the roll is gripped at its edges by the thumb and finger, thetape being wide enough to afford a good hold.

In placing a roll of fulminate-tape in the pistol it is only necessaryto compress the roll so that it may pass through the opening 14:, and asthe tape is used from the roll the latter will expand, or unroll, sothat it will not pass out through the opening but remain in the chamberuntil it is nearly all used. I

From the foregoing it will be seen that I provide a very cheaotoy-pistol for exploding caps on fulminate tape, and that a simple andconvenient means is provided for holding the roll in the pistol and forfeeding the tape over theanvil.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A toy-pistol havin an anvil against which the hammer strikes, achamber in the pistol in front of and below the anvil, an openingleading from the chamber out at the lower part of the pistol above thetriggerguard, a passage leading from the lower part of the pistol to theanvil and open at one side, and a retaining-lip at the upper end of theopen side of the passage; together with a hammer for exploding the capsagainst the anvil.

2. A toy-pistol made in two sections to provide an anvil and a chamberin front of and below said anvil, with an opening for the chamber at thelower part of the pistol, one of the sections having an offset portionforming a feed-passage below the anvil, said feed-passage being open atone side, a lip above the open side of the feed-passage, and a hammerfor exploding the caps against the anvil, substantiallv as shown anddescribed.

In testimony whereof Iaifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A. BAILEY.

Witnesses:

Momma BENSON, ELMER G. DERBY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

